Zitat des Tages von Rickey Medlocke:
We just try to write about things that are close to our hearts. We don't sit around trying to write another 'Free Bird' or 'Sweet Home Alabama.'
I find that America is moving toward a certain type of government that everybody else is moving away from, and I find that very upsetting to me.
I'm Native American, so the racial thing kind of hits home with me.
You've just gotta go in and write from the heart and write the best material that you can and put it out. If one hits, hey, great. It keeps the legacy going. But you've gotta keep doing new material. It's the future of any band.
Country has just crossed so many lines now, that Skynyrd falls right into that category.
You look around our audiences, and you see the spectrum - old fans and young people.
As long as the fans keep comin' out, we're gonna keep making records and keep being there.
When I was 3 years old, I was playing banjo on a country music TV show.
I really believe that with all of what Lynyrd Skynyrd has been through, we can survive just about anything. We've had a load of ups and downs, but we're still here.
We're about music. We're not about politics.
We're a working-people's band, and we love America and what she stands for. Also, we love doing shows, whether it's a huge amphitheater or a corn dog fest. We don't care.
As a young man growing up in that era, I was very influenced by Hendrix and took to a wah wah, and I learned how to really use one effectively as Hendrix did.
That's what I'd rather be doing more than anything. I love to play and perform and write, record, do whatever - just stay in music.
Next time you go get bin Laden, don't call it Operation Geronimo, and if anyone wants to stand toe-to-toe with me and talk about it, I'm open, brother.
All I can say is we love what we do, and the audience is still there for us. I think what's given us such longevity is that our music may not be fancy, but it touches a nerve with the average Joe.
I started playing guitar when I was, like, 5, and I picked up playing drums when I was 6 years old.
I don't want to use my platform to speak out against anybody. I'm a rock and roller. I play music for a living.
Recording should be fun.